RECENT NEWS

ICS Cool Energy, a specialist in complete temperature control solutions for manufacturing process and facilities applications, has re-located its Birmingham operations to a new, purpose-built facility in Erdington Industrial Park.

New research from Trinity College Dublin scientists strongly implies that heatwaves have a major influence on the spread of many diseases – and that many existing predictive models have overlooked this complexity.

As an organisation ‘committed to driving the industry forward and increasing awareness of the importance of building controls and automation’, the Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) has launched what it describes as ‘an informative and illustrative animated guide’ to building controls.

BDP has appointed Max Martin (pictured) as the new head of its Birmingham studio, succeeding Dan Smyth, who is retiring this summer after a distinguished career in architecture and urban regeneration.

The construction of the new £15 m Endoscopy Unit at the Cumberland Infirmary (CIC) in Carlisle is now complete, with the facility set to open its first patients later this month.

Millions of patients can now track their prescriptions thanks to the roll-out of a new feature in the NHS App helping to reduce unnecessary calls and visits to pharmacies.

NHS Property Services (NHSPS) says it is proud to announce its role in an award-winning research project that has been recognised with the ‘Most Significant Contribution to the Art and Science of Building Services Engineering’ at the 2025 CIBSE IBPSA-England Technical Symposium.

Thousands of patients will benefit from faster and safer cancer treatment thanks to new cutting-edge radiotherapy machines being rolled out to every region in the country, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.

A free-to-attend webinar being held by energy and sustainability consultancy, Sustainable Energy First, in association with Health Estate Journal on 18 June will focus on the measurement and reporting of the NHS Carbon Footprint (and Footprint Plus), the developments associated with the NHS supply chain and Carbon Reduction Plans, and other related frameworks ‘that influence, and are influenced by’, the NHS’ operations and ambitions.

Patients and pupils across England are set to benefit from nearly £1.2 billion worth of ‘essential maintenance fixes’ being rolled out at hospitals and schools, the Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Education, and NHS England, have announced.

C.F. Møller Architects and AIA Life Designers have unveiled plans for Campus Santé Franceline Ribard (formerly QHU), ‘a pioneering €274 million healthcare campus set to transform medical education and research on the historic Île de Nantes in France’.

Following a successful handover by healthcare construction partner Darwin Group, James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has opened the doors to its new Orthopaedic Outpatient Centre at James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth.

MJ Medical has been appointed to provide masterplanning and healthcare planning services for the ongoing redevelopment of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) on the Falkland Islands.

Starkstrom, the specialist in clinical infrastructure for hospitals and other healthcare facilities, has opened a new demonstration and training facility at its Syston headquarters in Leicestershire. Here clinicians can interact with the latest infrastructure and operating theatre technologies within a dedicated environment that showcases how these solutions can be integrated into the healthcare space.

Pilgrim Hospital in Boston in Lincolnshire has been awarded £23 million to make energy infrastructure improvements and ‘clean power upgrades’ as part of the latest round of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.

London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has selected Idox’s CAFM Explorer solution to support the effective management of its property and asset data.

Building, infrastructure, engineering, and fit-out business, Tilbury Douglas, has completed Stepping Hill Hospital’s new £34m Emergency and Urgent Care Campus in Stockport, on behalf of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.

NHS Supply Chain has announced Joe Harrison CBE (pictured) as the new Chair of the NHS Advisory Board for Procurement and Supply, effective immediately, following the appointment of former long-serving Chair, Sir James Mackey, as NHS England CEO.

The recent 2025 Dementia Action Week saw the launch of a new web platform created to support people living with dementia and those who care for them.

Industrialised construction and digital manufacturing specialist, Merit, has announced announce ‘a significant milestone’ in the development of the new NHS Medicines Manufacturing Centre (MMC) at Seaton Delaval in Northumberland.